I saw a green, lone Pokemon egg in a mass of leaves somewhere in the forest while I was hunting for food. The parents were nowhere to be found, which was very strange. Normally, one would guard the egg bravely while the other hunted for food. Thinking that they were gone due to being kidnapped, I quietly strided up to the egg and was just about to pick it up and carry it in my elegant beak.

And I was wrong.

I heard crying behind some nearby bushes. Being the kind-hearted vampire that I was, I decided to investigate.

I walked over to the bush and looked over it. Behind it was the egg's parents! But they looked rather beat up...one of them was showing no signs of life and was laying on the ground, his head leaning against the mother's body, the eyes closed.

"Oh my gosh," I gasped, seeing the wounds. They were rather serious, with gashes and dried blood all over the bodies. "What in the name of Groudon happened to you both?"

Startled, the female Meganium looked up at me and relaxed, seeing that I was not going to hurt her. "We were guarding our egg when a small group of hostile creatures appeared. We couldn't identify them, since we never saw them before. Before we could question them, they attacked. To make a long story short, we managed to scare them off, but they mortally wounded my husband in the process."

Upon saying this, she sobbed harder, but she managed to stop for a moment to continue on. "I tried helping him with some healing herbs, but they didn't do much good. He...died soon afterwards..." And upon ending that, she sobbed harder than you could ever imagine.

Even I was feeling teary-eyed. I sniffed and replied, "Is there anything I could do to help?"

She looked up at me once more. "I will be dying soon, but if you could take our egg and care for the baby inside of it, our spirits would be very grateful..."

Sadly, I nodded. "I will be honored to care for your child. Please, do rest in peace..."

The Meganium nodded, and slowly, she laid her head down on top of the the slain father. She closed her eyes, and her breathing slowed down until it totally stopped.

I wiped the tears from my eyes with my wing, and I walked slowly away to pick up the egg with by beak. I gently grabbed it, then I flapped my wings, rose into the air above the forest, and flew back to my den deep in the ocean.

I silently said to myself as I flew, "I hope I know what I'm doing..."